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Tip 148: A Toast to Cleaner Luggage

Sunday, May 28, 2000

     


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PROBLEM: Unprotected shoes casually tossed into luggage can soil anything they come in contact with.

SOLUTION: Cover those dirty things with protective fabric and be the life of the party. It’s easy if you follow the advice of Katy Hollis of Arlington, who recently saw her mom stowing her footwear in the purple drawstring bags that Seagram’s Crown Royal whiskey comes in. "The bags," Hollis assures us, "are the perfect size to store a pair of shoes while traveling."


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